30 participants from 20 countries gathered today in Pieve Tesino in northeast Italy to participate in the Mountain Partnership’s two-week IPROMO summer school. After two years of online courses due...
Mountain museum representatives from ten countries met in Zakopane, Poland on 9-11 June 2022 for the first international Mountain Panorama conference to exchange experiences of mountain museums and celebrate the...
Members of the Mountain Partnership are invited to register for the Mountain Partnership Global Meeting, which will be held at the Aspen Meadows, the campus of the Aspen Institute, in...
Rose Ongalibong shows off the pinkish-purple powder in a small bag. "It's taro flour," explains the genial retiree at her home on Palau's largest island, Babeldaob.
With its distinctive heart-shaped leaves,...
Two research institutes, in India and Italy, have launched an international cooperation for mountain research after representatives of the institutes participated in the Mountain Partnership Secretariat's annual training programme IPROMO.
The...
On 24 May 2022, the Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United Nations presented the concept of the “Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions”...
On 22-23 April 2022, the team of Little Earth – a Mountain Partnership member organization – implemented two events within the framework of the project “Renewable energy and remote mountain...
The European-funded Montana174 project has published a set of educational factsheets illustrating the resources that the 2021-2027 European Cohesion Policy will channel into mountain areas.
Mountain areas cover nearly 29 percent...
Vestine Mukamurenzi is 36 years old, a beekeeper, honey producer and mother of two. She is one of eight women members of the Imbaraga Karambo Cooperative, located in the Gicumbi...
From Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to the highlands of Armenia, the climate crisis is being increasingly felt in vulnerable mountain environments. Amplified warming at higher elevations, changing precipitation patterns and...
Connecting people, overcoming borders, protecting the Alps: For 70 years, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) has been working for a good life in the Alps....
The launching event of the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, 2022, aimed to raise awareness of the importance of mountains for sustainable development.
Mountains are home to 15 percent of...
The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today called for a change of pace in the way we protect our mountains, as...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme organized a workshop on mountain biosphere reserves on 18 and 19 April 2022 in Torla,...
Eight professionals have been awarded the Pakistan Mountains Pride Award (PAMPA) for their service to mountain communities and dedication to conservation and sustainable mountain development.
Mountain Partnership member Development Communications Network
The Utah International Mountain Forum (UIMF), a coalition of student clubs at Utah Valley University, continues to actively promote sustainable mountain development.
On 3 March 2022, the UIMF hosted a discussion...
The Stoney Nakoda First Nations are combining traditional knowledge with “Western” science to create a more holistic understanding of the bison reintroduction in Mînî Rhpa Mâkoche, also known as Banff...
In June 2022, Euromontana will launch a discussion forum among different pastoral schools across Europe. Organized in the framework of the LIFE ShepForBio project, this discussion forum aims to create...
The Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA), a long-standing member of the Mountain Partnership, has released a significantly updated and expanded version of its global mountain inventory, which now consists of...
